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(Hangar - Starbuck's in one of the Vipers)

Apollo: You understand the mission?

Starbuck: Put my head outside the storm, look around. Listen for wireless traffic. Come home.

Apollo: No heroics, this is strictly recon. Look, listen, return.

Starbuck: You don't have to worry about me. My taste for heroics vanished about the time I engaged that first Cylon fighter. (He nods and turns away.) Lee? Zack failed basic flight.

Apollo: What?

Starbuck: Or at least he should've. But he didn't, because I passed him. His technique was sloppy and he had no feel for flying, but I passed him. Because he and I... Because I felt something and I let it get in the way of doing my job. And I couldn't fail him.

Apollo: Why are you telling me this? Why now?

Starbuck: It's the end of the world, Lee. I thought I should confess my sins. (She puts her helmet on.) Set!